Chinese Character Wiki

殚

dān

utmost

Components
歹 meaning component

歹  Meaning component

dǎi

  

evil, bad

death

单 sound component

单  Sound component

dān, shàn

  

single

Evolution

殚 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
殚 Traditional script Modern

Traditional script

Modern
殚 Simplified script Modern

Simplified script

Modern
Definitions

殚 (殫) 

dān

utmost, entirely, quite; use up; entirely; to exhaust

Most common words with 殚
Freq.
Word
Meaning

殚精竭虑

to rack one's brains

殚

entirely

殚心

to devote one's entire mind

殚竭

to use up

殚力

to strive

Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

5170th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

12

Traditional

殫

Unicode

U+6B9A


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